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An International Stamp of Qualityedit
SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur became an academic affiliate of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and recently secured the IET’s international accreditation for all of its four engineering courses. Being an affiliate of IET, the students and staff of the institute can access essential knowledge and links to key industry stakeholders, globally.
AccreditationThe IETVIT Fetes Shubham, Bags IET- PATW Contestedit
Saraff’s presentation was on ‘mirror neurons’ as part of his project on neurons that shaped us. He submitted a research paper on the creation of an application that would help in the stimulation of the nervous region with the creation of mirror neurons. He received the first place in the world level finals held at London termed IET PATW – present around the world in November and received UK Pound 1,000 (Rs 85,000) cash award for the same.
PATW CompetitionThe IETIndian Education Institutions Need To Get Int’l Accreditationedit
IET gives international accreditation to the engineering courses all over the world. Thus far, IET has given international accreditation to 70 plus academic engineering institutions of 127 countries of the world. To harvest the benefits of globalisation in higher education and in job market, international accreditation of BTech course is necessary.
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VIT felicitates IET contest winneredit
Shubham Saraff, a third year student of B.Tech in Computer Science Engineering at Vellore Institute of Technology and who clinched the world title of “IETPresent Around the World (PATW)” Contest was felicitated at VIT. He was honoured by S.Raghavan of IET India chapter in the presence of G.V.Selvam, Vice President of VIT.
PATW CompetitionThe IETVIT student who excelled in global meet honourededit
Shubham received the first place in the world level finals of PATW, which is a global competition organized by The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) of United Kingdom for young professionals and students aged between 18 and 30 to provide a platform explore their talent and innovative thinking in engineering and technology.
PATW CompetitionThe IETStudent wins global contestedit
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), United Kingdom, organised PATW, a global competition for young professionals and students in the engineering and technology domains to showcase their technical acumen and presentation skills, a press release said. Mr. Saraff has conceptualised a new technique to treat neurological disorders such as stuttering.
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India Providing Engineers to the Worldedit
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The IET is working towards revolutionising the old structure on engineering education to global standards
Prof. Richard MorlingThe IETSRM Institute of Science and Technology attains IET International Accreditation.edit
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SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur campus secured the IET’s international accreditation for all of its four engineering courses.
AccreditationThe IETUnderstanding Electronicsedit
The course is accredited by the Institution of Engineering and Technology on behalf of the Engineering Council. Interested candidates must have first class degree from a reputable university in electronic and electrical engineering, or any discipline involving significant mathematical competence, including physics, maths and other branches of engineering.
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SRM Institute of science gets IET International accreditationedit
SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur campus secured the IET’s international Accreditation for all of its 4 engineering courses. The IET accreditation is an internationally recognised benchmark, awarded to high quality programmes that provide an ideal preparation for aspiring professional engineers.
AccreditationThe IETPrivacy and data security in the IoT ecosystemedit
Here’s an insight into the impact that IoT may have on laws relating to privacy and data security and the possible solutions in law and industry which will help enable the development of IoT.
The author is part of various regulatory panels, including the legal and regulatory working group of the IET IOT India Panel.
IET India IoT PanelSheahan VergheseSRM Institute of Science and Technology Attains Benchmark of International Quality via The IET International Accreditationedit
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SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur campus secured the IET’s international accreditation for all of its four engineering courses.
AccreditationThe IETInternet of Things India expo 2018: Monumental Connectivityedit
“This partnership augments our intent to strengthen the IoT movement in India – a vision that the IET IoT panel embodies. At the IET IoT panel, we give people a neutral place beyond the borders of organisations to come together and create the roadmap to derive the best out of IoT. Hence this collaboration was an obvious choice,” said Dr Rishi Bhatnagar, Chairman, IET India IoT Panel & President, Aeris Communications.
Dr. Rishi Bhatnagar: Chairman of IET India IoT panelIET India IoT PanelQuality certificate for SRMedit
SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, attained international quality from IET International Accreditation for all of its four engineering courses. IET provides an ideal preparation for aspiring professional engineers who will be graduating from 2017 – 2021. Four of their programmes including BTech, Electronics, Computer Science, etc. are IET accredited.
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SRM Institute of Science and Technology Attains Benchmark of International Quality via The IET International Accreditationedit
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SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur campus secured the IET’s international accreditation for all of its four engineering courses.
AccreditationThe IETInternet of Things India expo to be held from March 7-9, 2018edit
“This partnership augments our intent to strengthen the IoT movement in India – a vision that the IET IoT panel embodies. At the IET IoT panel, we give people a neutral place beyond the borders of organisations to come together and create the roadmap to derive the best out of IoT. Hence this collaboration was an obvious choice,” said Dr Rishi Bhatnagar, Chairman, IET India IoT Panel & President, Aeris Communications.
Dr. Rishi Bhatnagar: Chairman of IET India IoT panelThe IET IoT PanelSRM Institute of Science and Technology Attains Benchmark of International Quality via The IET International Accreditationedit
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SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur campus secured the IET’s international accreditation for all of its four engineering courses. The IET accreditation is an internationally recognised benchmark, awarded to high-quality programmes that provide an ideal preparation for aspiring professional engineers.
AccreditationThe IETSRM Institute of Science and Technology Attains Benchmark of International Quality via The IET International Accreditationedit
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SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur campus secured the IET’s international accreditation for all of its four engineering courses. The IET accreditation is an internationally recognised benchmark, awarded to high-quality programmes that provide an ideal preparation for aspiring professional engineers.
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NLC chief stresses need for fossil power generation at affordable pricesedit
Earlier Dr.Acharya was welcomed by Shri. Navinchandra B Vasoys, President of IE(I) and was introduced to the gathering by Major General Bhattacharya, Secretary & Director General IE(I). NLC India Ltd also bagged the coveted Industry Excellence Award, instituted by the Institution of Engineers (India) which was presented on the first day of the function.
Institution of Engineers (India)2nd International Conference ‘ICEECCOT-2017’ held at GSSSIETWedit
B V Srinivasa Gupta, Vice President GSSS, Vanaja B Pandit, Hon. Secretary, GSSS, O Pratap Kumar, Joint Secretary, GSSS, Ashok Shenoi, Management committee member, GSSS, Dr Shivakumar M, General Chair, Head, Dept. of EIE and Dean (Academics), GSSSIETW, Dr Parameshachari B D, Organizing Chair, Professor and Head, Dept. of TCE , GSSSIETW and others were present. -(KK)
IEEEFossil fuel power generation with clean technology at affordable prices: NLCILedit
On the third day of the Indian Engineering Congress organized by The Institution of Engineers (India) and hosted by the IEI Tamil Nadu State Centre, Dr Acharya presented the current & future Indian Power Scenario. Elaborating on India’s total installed power capacity and the projected requirement fuelled by rapid pace of development, Dr Acharya stressed the need to go for low carbon power generation.
The Institution of Engineers (India)5G will enable a new era of opportunity, says David Baderedit
Recently, David Bader visited India to give a keynote talk at IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning and Data Science at Bennett University, Greater Noida. David A. Bader is Professor and Chair of the School of Computational Science and Engineering, College of Computing, at Georgia Institute of Technology.
IEEESensors to make self-driving cars more practicaledit
The Camera Culture group at MIT’s Media Lab — that has two Indian-origin researchers Achuta Kadambi and Ramesh Raskar — has been developing innovative imaging systems by using ‘time of flight’ — an approach that gauges distance by measuring the time it takes light projected into a scene to bounce back to a sensor. In a new paper in the journal IEEE Access, the team has presented new approach to time-of-flight imaging that increases its depth resolution 1,000-fold — the type of resolution that could make self-driving cars increasingly practical
IEEEEngineers can fix India’s problems, says Kovindedit
“Disciplines such as food technology, biotechnology, environmental engineering and transportation engineering are expanding the horizons of engineers,” he said at the valedictory function of the 32nd Indian Engineering Congress organised by the Institution of Engineers (India) here.
Institution of Engineers (India)NLCIL Bags Prestigious Industry Excellence Awardedit
NLCIL has been once again bestowed with ‘IEI Industry Excellence Award’ instituted by The Institution of Engineers (India), for its best performance and excellence in engineering operation for the year 2017 under category ‘A’ i.e, organisation having turnover of Rs 5,000 crore and above. The award was presented to NLCIL in the 32nd Indian Engineering Congress 2017, organised by Institution of Engineers (India), and Tamil Nadu State Centre.
The Institution of Engineers (India)No specific news for the PEIs todayedit
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Energy’ during disastersedit
The Institution of Engineers (India), Telangana State Centre, in association with Telangana State Renewable Energy Development Corporation organized a lecture on ‘application of renewable energy sources to disaster management’. The lecture was delivered by Dr A Jayalakshmi, professor, EEE department, JNTU, Hyderabad. She said natural disaster was an unannounced event that disturbed many services.
The Institution of Engineers (India)Lecture on saving poweredit
The Institution of Engineers (India), Telangana State Centre, in association with Telangana State Renewable Energy Development Corporation, organized a lecture aimed at educating people on cost-saving potential of household appliances.
Institution of Engineers (India)VITREE 2017 – VIT Research Entrance Test (December Session)edit
VIT University has released the notification for VITREE 2017 (December Session) – VIT Research Entrance Test for admission into Ph.D / M.Tech (by Research) / Integrated Ph.D / M.Phil research programmes at Vellore & Chennai campus. The application process is over now and VIT University has released the admit card for VITREE 2017.
Institution of Engineers (India)World Energy day observededit
Institution of Engineers (India) Manipur State Centre organised World Energy Day at IEI seminar hall, Polytechnic Takyel today. Speaking on the occasion as the chief guest, Chairman of IEI, MSC, Kh Temba Singh stated that the aim of organising World Energy Day is to sensitise all the people regarding the use of different form of energy properly and to sustain and preserve them for prolonged future use.
Institution of Engineers (India)NI rolls out MAC layer support for LabVIEW to advance WiFi, 5G researchedit
The efficiency of MAC protocols is absolutely critical to the performance of wireless networks,” said P.R. Kumar, IEEE fellow and College of Engineering Chair in Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University. “We have been working on MAC protocols to accommodate the increasingly dense wireless deployments while meeting the system performance demands for the next-generation of wireless networks.
IEEEYour smartphone’s next trick? Fighting cybercrimeedit
“I think most people assumed you would need 50 images to identify a smartphone camera. But our research shows that’s not the case,” says Ren, an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Fellow and an ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Distinguished Scientist. To prevent forgeries, Ren designed a protocol -it is part of the authentication process described below which detects and stops two types of attacks.
IEEEBennett Univ Holds Data Science Conferenceedit
Bennett University’s computer science and engineering (CSE) department held its first international conference on machine learning and data science at its Greater Noida campus that saw researchers and academicians deliberating on the new wave of technologies and their impact on the world of big data, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI). The two-day conference was organised by the department in association with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Computer Society. Bennett University has been set up by the Times Group, which publishes ET.
IEEE‘E-mobility presents a huge opportunity to India’: Dr Abhay Firodiaedit
He also urged manufacturers to ensure that a larger number of young students who are pursuing engineering enter the industry’s talent pool. Commenting on the growing research in the field of e-mobility, IEEE-IAS’s Dr Sebastian said that currently a lot of research is being conducted. “Linking this research into practice and making it beneficial for the Indian automobile market is what we should emphasise on from now,” he said.
IEEEFuture Of Mobilityedit
Jointly organised by the ARAI, SAE-India and IEEE-IAS, the event will act as a platform for all the stakeholders to exchange ideas and work cohesively to achieve the goal of electrification of transportation in a larger context. Eminent speakers, representing different countries across the globe, such as Honda (Japan), Toyota (Japan), AVL (Austria), MIRA (UK), Schaffler (Germany), LG Chem (USA), Volkswagen (Germany) et al will share their experience, knowledge and way ahead in meeting the challenges.
IEEENo specific news for other PEI todayedit
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SCAD hosts global meet on intelligent sustainable systemsedit
Of which 235 papers were shortlisted and 189 research papers were finally selected. Several scholars presented their views at the conference and the research papers will be published in IEEE xplore. Earlier, SCAD Institute of Technology principal C G Ravichandran welcomed while vice principal Duraipandian read out the conference report. Assistant Professor R Karthik proposed a vote of thanks.
IEEEARAI to host mega conference on e-mobility next weekedit
Speaking about the upcoming conference, Rashmi Urdhwareshe, chair – Steering Committee ITEC-2017 and director, ARAI, “ITEC INDIA 2017 aims to help the industry in effortless transition from conventional to advanced electrified vehicles. This conference will be inaugurated by Dr Abhay Firodia, president, SIAM and chairman, Force Motors in the presence of Doug Patton, president, SAE International and Dr Tomy Sebastian, president, IEEE IAS.”
IEEERare honour for Assamese scholaredit
The IEEE is the world’s leading professional association for advancing technology for humanity. Through its 400,000 plus members in 160 countries, the association is a leading authority on a wide variety of areas ranging from aerospace systems, computers and telecommunications to biomedical engineering, electric power and consumer electronics.
IEEEKITs faculty bags ‘young engineer award’edit
Adding one more feather to Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences cap,Dr.D.Nirmal, Associate Professor, ECE from KITS received Young Engineer Award in Electronics and Telecommunication Division from The Institution of Engineers (India) for his technical achievements and contributions.
The Institution of EngineersSmartphones can be used to make cities ‘smarter’: studyedit
Most communities use a combination of cameras, microphones, temperature sensors, Global Positioning System (GPS) devices and radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to monitor traffic, weather and energy consumption, according to the study published in IEEE Sensors Journal.
IEEEHot, sunny days could slow 5G networks, but research offers solutionsedit
Sulyman’s journal article in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, “Effectives of Solar Radio Emissions on Outdoor Propagation Path Loss Models at 60 GHz bands for Access/backhaul links and D2D communications,” was co-authored by Hussein Seleem, Abdulmalik Alwarafy, Khaled Humadi and Abdulhameed Alsanie of King Saud University.
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Industry News: Information and Communications
2018 Will Bring New Technology Trends That Will Change the Way Industry Worksedit
By Malavika Sacchdeva
The year 2017 undoubtedly was a banner year for AI and IoT, there was a massive boost in the number of connected devices which is likely to grow even more in the upcoming year. We are already witnessing how the use of such technological solutions has made organizations dependent on them for their everyday operational processes.
Artificial IntelligenceIoTA three-day work week? It’s possible with artificial intelligenceedit
Not only will artificial intelligence improve the way we live but also give us more time to live life—by saving us from mundane and repetitive tasks that cause job dissatisfaction and burnouts
Artificial IntelligenceBig Data & Analytics – What does 2018 Portend?edit
Artificial intelligence (AI) was one of the key disruptive technologies that was singled out to watch out for in 2018. AI is emerging as one of the most promising technologies that will help deliver services like healthcare and enable financial inclusion faster, more effectively and efficiently, to a higher number of consumers and finally at lower cost.
AIBig DataAI Will Wave its Magic Wand over Business Processes: 2018 Predictionedit
Big Data, AI and IoT are currently three of the biggest business trends. Today, if someone is not using these in their operations, they are likely losing the competitive edge. Just to give you a sense of 2018 (so that you don’t feel left out) here are a few technology predictions.
Artificial IntelligenceNext Big Stepedit
An Intel India commissioned report, undertaken by the IDC, has shown an increased appetite towards the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), which in turn is expected to spike organisation spends on this tech, over the next 18 months.
Artificial IntelligenceSecurity landscape has become even more challenging for enterprises, as there are various new end-points from where attacks can originateedit
By Nivedhana Prabhu
With the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT), the security landscape has become even more challenging for enterprises, as there are various new end-points from where the attacks can originate. IoT devices are a security challenge, and they need comprehensive management from the security perspective.
Cyber SecurityIoTNew challenges for a connected worldedit
Industry 4.0 also creates new risks and requires companies to integrate security safeguards not only into their businesses but also throughout their ecosystem.
Cyber SecurityEmerging tech to get a boost in 2018edit
Artificial intelligence, blockchain and internet of things hit an inflection point in 2017; innovations based on them are expected to scale next year
AIBlockchainIoTIT sector seeing newer jobs: Khargeedit
By Raghu Krishnan
The Karnataka government has said that there are more jobs opening up in the technology sector for engineers with the right skills and those who can adapt to newer skills, adding that the scare of job losses in the sector is slowly waning.
IT SectorThe Big Technology Trends For 2018edit
With so many tech giants and startups already exploring the tech ecosystem, it is expected to grow with better use cases and inclusion in the year 2018
AIBlockchainIoTSecurity in IoT space to be of prime focus in 2018: Expertsedit
IoT devices have been a cause for concern for consumers. We will see an increase in businesses to ‘secure’ the entire network instead of each individual endpoint, which can help minimise the risk and cost involved in maintaining security across IoT devices
Cyber SecurityIoTIndustry 4.0 comes of ageedit
Essentially, Industry 4.0 is about combining artificial intelligence and data science to realise the potential of the Internet of Things (IoT), but just having access to large pools of information is no longer enough. The important thing that manufacturers need to take advantage of over the coming year is using that data to gain insight, inform decisions, and drive better business outcomes.
Artificial IntelligenceIoTManufacturingTech advancements will ensure enough revenue generation: DoTedit
Department of Telecom (DoT) feels that technological advancements centering around 5G, Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data would ensure enough revenue generation. It also believes the sector will witness consolidation over the next five years with strong players with financial muscles dominating, said a newspaper report.
Artificial IntelligenceIoTTelecomTech Disruption: Data analytics, AI to have significant impact on real estate landscapeedit
By Ramesh Nair
Impact on real estate Technology has transformed many aspects of our lives – from how we communicate, to how we buy things and the way we work.
Artificial IntelligenceReal EstateArtificial intelligence more hype than reality: Narayana Murthyedit
According to Murthy, the IT sector is passing through a trough that is cyclical in nature and may occur once a few years. One of the reasons for this is the investments in information technology done by the developed world clients in the past, he said, adding they are waiting to reap the benefits of the same before starting to invest again.
Artificial Intelligence8 amazing ways consumers can benefit from Artificial Intelligence’s impact on banking, financial sectorsedit
Digital solution providers state that one robot can work 24/7 and replace up to eight employees, without asking for days off or a raise. This is the major reason why big global banks are increasingly turning toward Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies to stay competitive in the digital era.
Artificial IntelligenceBankingThese IoT companies are helping Indian cities become smartedit
The IoT revolution is spreading its roots in India as well, and there is a rapid influx of Indian companies joining ranks to move the technology forward. Today, we have around 971 IoT startups in the country, up from 123 in 2014 and 275 in 2015, according to the IoT Startup Directory 2017.
IoTSmart CitiesCybersecurity trends to watch in 2018: Service Now predictionsedit
The security mission to protect, detect, and respond, has remained the same for everything from IT networks and data storage to payment systems and IoT devices. In the past ten years, a tremendous wave of technology innovation has been developed to help protect and detect.
CyberSecurityArtificial intelligence can raise incomes 15% in India by 2035edit
By Swati Verma
AI has the potential to increase India’s annual growth rate of gross value added (GVA) by 1.3 percentage points, lifting the country’s income by 15 per cent in 2035, said the report.
Artificial IntelligenceWhat will shape smart cities: The age of smart construction set to dawnedit
In the era of ‘Smart Everything,’ the Internet of Things (IoT) is playing a pivotal role in bringing about a fundamental tilt in the lens from which we view the current world order.
IoTSmart CitiesCognitive Computing Will Redefine IoT Landscapeedit
With billions of interconnected devices throughout the globe and their numbers taking an exponential growth everyday – the real concern is, deriving the necessary and required value from the enormous of data generated by them within a small span of time.
Internet of ThingsGartner Says By 2020, Artificial Intelligence Will Create More Jobs Than It Eliminatesedit
2020 will be a pivotal year in AI-related employment dynamics, according to Gartner, Inc., as artificial intelligence (AI) will become a positive job motivator.
Artificial IntelligenceCybersecurity: A priority area for the Indian Governmentedit
Cybercrimes are likely to increase exponentially with the fielding of virtual currency, Internet of Things, big data, cloud technology, drones, robotics, Blockchain and so on. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) stated that until June 2017 alone, India witnessed more than 27,000 cybersecurity threats.
Cyber SecurityBack to the future: How Artificial Intelligence is reshaping human experienceedit
Consumers are now more open towards automated applications, supporting the adoption of IoT; users now believe that their smartphone will learn daily routines and perform functions on their behalf; there has been rapid advancements towards the development of autonomous cars; virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) is helping people overcome their fears and visit places, and finally, applications tracking healthcare insurance, treatment history, etc., are only the beginning of what lies ahead.
Artificial IntelligenceTechnologies That Will Take Off In 2018edit
Though the impact of artificial intelligence in our lives and work in the coming days is debated by experts, it can be gauged that AI is making significant strides in several applications.
Artificial IntelligenceIoTBusinesses, real estate start feeling impact of automation, artificial intelligence: Surveyedit
52.7% CEOs across the Asia Pacific region reveals that they are closely involved in making key strategic decisions about the future of work- particularly involving automation and artificial intelligence (AI), according to a recent JLL sponsored survey.
Artificial IntelligenceAutomationGet the most out of IoTedit
Finally, the sun is rising over many new and exciting technologies—advanced robots, augmented reality/virtual reality, artificial intelligence (AI), 3D printing, Big Data, blockchain and, of course, sensors. The enabler of all of these technologies is the ability to capture data.
Internet of ThingsTop risks related to Artificial Intelligence projects and how to overcome themedit
Before adopting AI or an AI-based project, it’s important to answer this question – Does AI need the business or does the business need AI to grow, prosper, and compete?
Artificial IntelligenceHow CXOs are charting an IoT road mapedit
The Internet of Things (IoT) is both a disruptive and transformative technology concept, with an estimated 8.4 billion devices getting connected by end-2017, according to research firm Gartner Inc. McKinsey Global Institute pegs IoT’s potential economic impact between $3.9 trillion and $11.1 trillion a year by 2025.
Internet of ThingsTowards a more robust digital economyedit
With the thrust on application of Information, communication and technology (ICT) in commercial space and internet of things (IOT) transcending the lifestyle of every section of the community, the size of digital economy is well poised to reach US $ 1 Trillion by 2025.
BankingIoTIoT: The Three Most Powerful Words Shaping Our Futureedit
One question that looms large is How does India fare in the IoT world. Believe it or not, we are on our way to play a dominant role in the future of IoT. The Government with it’s Digital India vision has laid the foundation for it. We all know the “Smart City” initiative taken up by the centre and the focus being driven around it. This single initiative makes everyone connected.
Internet of ThingsA smart irrigation system that checks wastage of water, improves crop yieldedit
Along with the manufacturing sector, Internet of Things (IoT) and connected devices now hope to address some of the burning issues related to agriculture as well. Sense It Out Intelligent Solutions Private Limited, a Pune-based start-up, has come up with a solution which aims to optimise water usage using sensors and on-field connected devices.
AgricultureIoTMajor IT trends that shaped and ruled in 2017edit
Technology in India has moved at the swifter pace in 2017 than any other year. Cloud, mobile, big data, artificial intelligence brought immense changes in the Indian IT industry.
Artificial IntelligenceBig Data2018: Security concerns loom large on businesses with sophisticated cyber attacksedit
Vulnerabilities in IoT devices will expand the attack surface as devices get further woven into the fabric of smart environments everywhere. 2017 witnessed massive DDoS attacks using hundreds of thousands of compromised IoT devices in people’s homes and workplaces to generate traffic. This is not expected to change with cyber criminals looking to exploit the poor security settings and management of home IoT devices.
Cyber SecuirtyIndia witnessed infusion of Artificial Intelligence across industriesedit
When it comes to disruptive technologies that will drive businesses in the coming years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is touted as the most promising and Indian enterprises across the spectrum began embracing it to enhance real-time user experiences.
Artificial IntelligenceArtificial Intelligence — A glimpse into the building block of the futureedit
A recent research estimated that by 2035, automation in information and communication, manufacturing and financial services etc. may result in a 38% increase by 2035 and cause a $14 trillion increase in the gross value added to the worth of the entire industry.
Artificial IntelligenceArtificial Intelligence in workplace will kill some jobs, but produce host of creative ones, say expertsedit
By Sulekha Nair
The scope of AI is immense and it can give people more time to think creatively and to pursue their roles in an organisation in an innovative manner when repetitive jobs are taken over by machines.
Artificial IntelligenceThe year set the stage for new tech and policy developments that augur well for startupsedit
It is that time of the year again when lists are made, stock taken of the year about to go by (2017!) and lessons for the future are tabled.
2017 New technologies71 percent Indian firms looking to deploy automation by 2020, finds new reportedit
As firms’ appetite for the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) grows, 71 percent Indian organisations are looking at increased process automation as a key benefit which in turn is expected to spike spends on this technology over the next 18 months, a report said on Thursday.
AutomationThe growing role of artificial intelligence in businessedit
AI is expected to drive worldwide revenues from nearly $8 billion in 2016 to more than $47 billion in 2020, across a broad range of industries
Artificial IntelligenceTwo myths about automationedit
The coming technological transformation won’t entail occupational shifts on the scale of the Industrial Revolution
AutomationIs your job really at risk of being taken over by AI?edit
The “catch up game” has already begun, but not all jobs are going the AI route; we need to figure out what roles are best suited for the AI space and which ones are not.
Artificial IntelligenceTop five cyber security trends to look out for in 2018edit
While security technologies have grown so have the tactics, techniques, and procedures cyber attackers use to penetrate your defences.
Cyber SecurityBy 2022, 37% of India’s workforce would be in new jobsedit
The joint report by Ficci-Nasscom and EY said by 2022, nine per cent of the country’s 600 million estimated workforce would be deployed in jobs that do not exist at present.
JobsBy 2020, Artificial Intelligence will create more jobs than it eliminates: Gartneredit
By Shelly Singh
Downplaying fears of jobs getting wiped out with Artificial Intelligence (AI), research firm Gartner said more jobs will be created than lost. The firm says 1.8 million jobs will be eliminated by 2020, but 2.3 million new jobs will be created by then.
Artificial Intelligence5 tech startup trends to watch out for in 2018edit
Internet beyond devices Internet of Things (IoT) will grow to create smarter solutions that will be programmatically adjusted to be in sync with the human behaviour. AI and machines will enable these things to operate autonomously or semi-autonomously, and the driving forces will be efficiency and convenience.
Artificial IntelligenceIoTDATA STORY: India will be one of the least affected by automation job losses among major economiesedit
Amid the fears that automation may snatch away all the jobs in the country, a McKinsey report suggests that this might be far from true
Automation
Why 2018 Will Belong To Cloud, AI, Blockchainedit
While the year 2017 more or less stabilized new technologies, the coming year could see a significant incline. Emerging technologies that could have a long term impact include Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Analytics, and Cloud Computing
Artificial IntelligenceBlockchainAgriculture startups turn to AI, IoT to boost productionedit
Accenture estimates the digital agriculture services market to hit $4.55 billion by 2020. Several exciting start-ups are launching innovative businesses, leveraging the latest technologies (including, but not limited to, AI) and enhancing value in the agriculture ecosystem.
AgricultureArtificial IntelligenceIoTHow to strike a balance between security and business productivityedit
IoT is an application of chips and sensors embedded in everyday objects that enable them to exchange data. The advantages are far reaching, ranging from home security to medicinal services, and employees improving time management and productivity. Security risk: The key issue with IoT is that it increases the number of devices to be managed from a security perspective.
IoTSecurityRobot revolution: Which sector will be the first to go 100% robot?edit
Robotics will accelerate this change the workplace we see now by taking over tasks traditionally handled by humans and completing them at a much faster and more efficient rate.
AutomationHow IoT and other technologies can help cut costs, boost yields in farm sectoredit
New innovations in big data, Internet of Things, satellite imagery and sensor technology can help farmers in a number of ways, including in selecting the right inputs, monitoring the soil quality and tracking market prices. This can increase productivity and drop input costs dramatically.
AgricultureIoT45 percent of industrial companies are not adopting reliable cybersecurity measures to protect data: Reportedit
Revealing that industrial companies were not moving quickly to adopt cybersecurity measures to protect their data and operations, a study on 8 December said 45 percent of those surveyed lacked a reliable enterprise leader for cybersecurity.
Cyber SecurityRobot revolution: No industry will be 100% robots even in Industry 4.0edit
Despite the imminent robotic revolution, work will continue, it is only the nature of work that will change with robots
AutomationTechnologies like artificial intelligence, big data impacting power sector, says Tata Power official Jayant Kumaredit
Technological advances like artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data are impacting the power sector as well, making it imperative for producers to re-skill resources, a senior official of Tata Power said.
Artificial IntelligencePower Sector
Internet of Things devices may come under insurance policy: IRDAIedit
The Insurance Regulatory Authority of India (Irdai) has set up a working committee to look into the viability of bringing in wearables and other Internet of Things (IoT) devices to improve insurance risk assessments and product development, especially in the health segment.
Internet of ThingsManaging fleets better with internet of thingsedit
By Rajesh Janey
The internet of things (IoT) presents huge opportunities for business growth across industries. In fleet management, for instance, the opportunity for IoT is huge and the possibilities are endless. As per International Data Corp. (IDC) data, the IoT market in India is expected to increase from $21.1 billion in 2016 to $34.5 billion by 2020.
Internet of ThingsSupply Chain ManagementHackers to exploit AI technology for data breaches in 2018: Symantecedit
Cyber-criminals will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) to explore victims’ networks in 2018, global cyber security leader Symantec said on Thursday. Furthermore, the Internet of Things (IoT) devices will be hijacked and used in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, warned Tarun Kaura, Director, Product Management, APJ, Symantec.
Artificial IntelligenceCyber SecurityFactors that overcast the growth of Indian IT services companiesedit
While companies have increased spending on digital technologies and awarding new contracts, the overall IT budgets have moderated leading to lower incremental spends.
Indian IT SectorWhy We Crave Machine Learning And AIedit
Artificial Intelligence backed by Machine learning capabilities and Data Analytics as services is on the rise in e-commerce in order to bring about what is termed “conversational commerce”. Whatever the platform maybe, AI implementations give shoppers a user friendly entry into their offerings.
Artificial IntelligenceMachine LearningThe dynamic duo of AI and ML is the change healthcare needsedit
The domain of healthcare has been craving significant attention for a while now. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are here to give it a makeover.
Artificial IntelligenceMachine LearningIndia must tap changing trends in manufacturingedit
The Hindu By Arun S
According to the Indian government, the new ‘future-ready’ Industrial Policy, which is to be announced soon, will incorporate measures to facilitate the use of modern smart technologies such as IoT, artificial intelligence and robotics for advanced manufacturing.
IoTManufacturingIoT, data storage to dominate enterprise IT in 2018edit
The adoption of Internet of Things (IoT) platforms will dominate enterprise IT strategies in 2018, along with smart object storage, analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI), a new report said on Tuesday.
Internet of ThingsInternet of Things, AI will dominate IT enterprise strategies in 2018: Hitachiedit
According to Hitachi Vantara, IoT solutions will deliver valuable insight to support digital transformation in almost every industry and market sector.
Artificial IntelligenceIoTArtificial Intelligence isn’t a game changer yetedit
AI and deep learning do not qualify as ‘intelligent’. They are based on the ‘brute force’ of computers and limited by the availability of training data
Artificial Intelligence9% of work activity to be lost to automation by 2030 in Indiaedit
Automation and robotics which were designed to make mundane processes easier are now causing loss of productive work hours and even job losses. A recent report by McKinsey Global Institute pointed out that India would lose ‘9% of work hours’.
AutomationDigital economy: Ravi Shankar Prasad to meet IT chiefs on Dec 14edit
By Kiran Rathee
Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad will meet top IT players on December 14 to take stock of the development regarding creation of $1 trillion digital economy by 2022.
Digital EconomyIT IndustryWhy IoT security is the need of the houredit
A number of countries are in the process of drafting proper regulations to prepare for the IoT boom. These will include everything from network security and authentication to encryption and more. But as we prepare for the future, there is one way in which you can easily secure your current IoT gadgets.
IoTSecurity10 trends that would shape the future of data analyticsedit
Internet of Things (IoT): This is nothing but evolved wireless networks. It’s common to have censors taking into account multiple fit–into gadgets like fitbit bands to jumbo jet engines. The Internet of Things market is expected to grow from $170.57 billion in 2017 to $561.04 billion by 2022, owing to the advent of advanced analytics and data processing techniques, which have been useful to derive results from high volumes of data collected from the machine-to-machine communication devices.
Data AnalyticsIoTBlockchain: Pushing Traditional Model Of “Trust” To Evolveedit
The IoT requires us all to solve a lot of new challenges. Providing technologies that allow for secure, fast transactions between the participants in that new world is just one of those obstacles. The traditional model of having a mediator between service and user must evolve.
BlockchainIoTAutomation, natural way to progressedit
Today’s hottest sector are robotics, automation and artificial intelligence. Mind you, it’s much more than just a buzzword. Our day-to-day life is undergoing an overhauling.
Artificial IntelligenceAutomationArtificial intelligence will not only take away jobs but also create themedit
By Devangshu Datta
AI is bound to open up new opportunities, just like the automobile, the telephone and the internet did.
Artificial IntelligenceJobsIoT to ‘liberate’ cyberattacks: security firmedit
By Jay Shankar
A spate of cybercrimes is driving the IoT security market, which is expected to touch $29 billion by 2020, according to a report by Markets and Markets. The global IoT security market is slated to grow 55% until 2019, a report by research firm Technavio stated.
Cyber SecurityIoTAutomation will create new opportunities, not reduce themedit
Automation will have a more fundamental impact upon the job market. As most of the menial and labour-based tasks that humans perform will be undertaken by it, it is likely to create a more innovative and intellect-based economy.
AutomationDigitizing Transformation and AIedit
A highly structured framework is needed lay the foundation for a strong engagement platform for digitized ecosystem – across enterprise landscape, addressing customer and employee needs.
Artificial IntelligenceArtificial Intelligence may help you win your next court case!edit
A new artificial intelligence (AI) enabled search tool allows users to browse through millions of legal case records and provides them the most relevant results in seconds, its makers say.
Artificial IntelligenceSolving legal issuesIf security is your concern, trust the cloud!edit
Cloud computing is a driving force for businesses today. It enables complex architectures and also makes possible integrating multiple data sources to drive actionable decision making. It brings along unparalleled efficiency, accessibility, scalability thereby opening up umpteen opportunities.
Cyber SecurityIndustry News: Education
What ails engineering?edit
As engineering education hits a plateau, the All India Council for Technical Education’s decision to relax the teacher-student ratio is no surprise. The national body had to give in to persistent demands of private technical institutions which are reeling from massive drop in admissions year on year.
EngineeringAICTE relaxes student-teacher ratio, brings relief to engineering collegesedit
By Yogita Rao
Bringing a major relief to engineering colleges, the All-India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) has decided to relax the student-faculty ratio from 1:15 to 1:20—a long pending demand of technical institutes.
EngineeringAICTE’s merger boost for ailing engineering collegesedit
By Yogita Rao
Engineering colleges ailing due to poor enrolment are likely to get a new lease of life with the All-India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) deciding to allow merger of such institutes.
EngineeringTop 10 Trends In Education Sectoredit
The increasing influence of technology in education has offered a glimpse into a gradually evolving realm of unconstrained learning. Technology has changed everything in our lives – what we thought we knew, what we were accustomed to – and has helped us explore new dimensions to achieve our objectives more effectively and efficiently.
EducationIndia should ‘open doors to foreign universities to achieve 2020 education target’edit
India has an ambitious target of providing higher education to 40 million students by 2020 and to achieve the goal it should allow foreign universities to operate in the country — either through partnerships or letting them open their own campuses
Higher EducationEducation Needs Accountabilityedit
In 2017, not too many changes took place in the Education Sector, other than the wave of digital education which has been good for the students as it brought study materials and question papers at a click of the button.
EducationMaking the Indian education system future-read in 2018edit
The Total Central government spending on education in 2017-18 made up 3.7% of India’s gross domestic product (GDP).The current calendar year has been an eventful one for the education sector with positive developments and significant investments focusing on training of teachers, developing curriculum and pedagogy, and adapting newer technologies in order to make the Indian education system future-ready.
EducationNew education policy will focus on innovationedit
The policy would concentrate on helping dropouts, removing grading system and it would do away with the requirement for migration certificate to facilitate students to study anywhere in the country.
EducationHRD panel framing new education policy seeks three-month extensionedit
Headed by former ISRO chief K Kasturirangan, the panel was set up by the human resource development ministry in June and it was supposed to submit its report this month
EducationWrong to say it is all hopeless for IT engineers in India: Wipro chief strategy officer Rishad Premjiedit
In an interview with ET Now, Rishad Premji, Chief Strategy Officer, Wipro, says there is always employability for relevant skills.
EngineersUpskillingThe Key EdTech Trends That Will Continue To Impact Education In 2018edit
The Indian education sector is poised at an interesting juncture – on the one hand, there is a growing focus on achieving learning outcomes, while on the other, edtech platforms are being adopted quickly and content is being rewritten and redesigned to adapt to a variety of emerging media.
EducationWhat ails higher education in India?edit
By Prashant K Nanda
While the desired levels of research and internationalization of Indian campuses remain weak points, Indian higher education also suffers from a lack of funds, and its largely linear model with very little focus on specialization.
Higher EducationEducational technology in 2018: the need for smarter apps and technology-savvy educatorsedit
We complain about our obsession with exams, our rigid boards, and obsolete curriculum which put India at the bottom where international tests like PISA are concerned. After all that whining, it is indeed sad that the future of education — technology-aided learning — is also firmly rooted in the past with its unthinking focus on curricula, boards, and exams.
EducationColleges bitter over AICTE ‘one-standard-for-all’ moveedit
The All India Council for Technical Education’s (AICTE) decision to have uniformity in norms for all engineering colleges in India has not gone down well with college managements as they feel this move would put unequals in the same categories. They said that if a college has to follow all the norms listed in AICTE Approval Process Handbook (APH) 2018-19, it would cost at least ?1.55 lakh per student, which would, in turn, take engineering education away from common man.
EngineeringAspiring engineers alert! AICTE to cut down engineering seats next year; here’s whyedit
This development can come as big blow to all the aspiring engineers who are planning to take the entrance for the upcoming year. The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) releasing its new approval handbook on Friday evening declared that the number of BTech/BE seats in the country is set to go down by almost a lakh in 2018-2019.
EngineeringNeed for better resource planning in higher educationedit
The higher education sector in India is replete with problems. Across the governments in Centre and the States as also within the community of regulators, experts and the aspiring students, anxiety about the future of higher education is visible. The main regulators are the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
Higher EducationEmployment: Automation, chatbots, social media to sharpen hiring process in 2018edit
By Ashish Agarwal
Recruitment process has gathered various dimensions – both online and offline. Today, hiring has become more technology-friendly as information of the candidates is readily available on the web. New procedures such as psychometric tests, personality tests, group discussions, group exercises, presentations, written reports or case studies, e-tray exercises also play a significant role in the hiring process.
HiringNew TechnologyThe real reason why 95% of Indian engineers can’t codeedit
A few years ago, a McKinsey report said just a quarter of engineers in India were actually employable. Of late, some other studies put it at less than 20%. Recently, a survey by employability assessment firm Aspiring Minds said 95% of Indian engineers can’t code.
EngineeringVTU to include humanities, culture in engineering curriculum from next yearedit
By Aditi Gyanesh
A model curriculum has been prepared by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for implementation in colleges across the country. The AICTE syllabus, prepared by 11 subject committees, is available on its website.
EngineeringArtificial Intelligence Transforming India’s Education Sectoredit
No matter what the critics have to say, AI is all set to change the landscape of learning and the way it is approached by educators. The prominence of adaptive learning is bound to increase in times to come, with more bodies wake up to the potential of AI.
Artificial IntelligenceEducationEngineering studies: High costs keep poor students away, says AICTE chairmanedit
The AICTE, a regulatory body for technical institution, is now looking to reduce the cost of higher education in engineering colleges across the country to make it accessible to poor students
Engineering‘Young people may prefer driving a cab to pursuing engineering. This is a sectoral shift… need to track carefully’: Rajiv Kumar, NITI Aayog Vice Chairmanedit
By Ritika Chopra
Fifty per cent of BE/BTech seats are going empty and only 18% of those graduating are deemed employable. We need some agency or mechanism that can better anticipate demand for different skills and vocation and give that feedback to the education sector.
EngineeringInnovative trends in academia to stay in line with industryedit
In the world of rapid changing technology and business, demand of industries for skilled employees is always growing. Students are expected to graduate with the necessary skillset for pursuing their careers in industry.
Skill Development
Indians lead Asia in Overseas Education, studyedit
More and more parents are sending their children overseas for higher education with around 62 percent of the parents in a poll saying they sent their kids to foreign universities in 2017 as against 47 percent in 2016, claims a study.
Higher Education5 trends in education to watch out for in 2018edit
Change is the only constant — even in Education. Education is benefiting from trends across sectors from the integration of technology to making hard sciences a more creative process to encourage innovation.
EducationAICTE wants a minimum fee for technical coursesedit
By Neelam Pandey
A year after the regulatory body put a ceiling on the maximum fee technical institutes can charge students, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has now prescribed a minimum fee for the colleges governed by it.
EngineeringHow to stay relevant: Why continuous learning is mandatory for alledit
The changing technologies necessitated that a programmer had to keep getting re-skilled in newer technologies. But the interesting aspect is that the time to re-skill has been shrinking rapidly in the IT sector
Re-skillingBE/BTech seats going vacant, engineering colleges turning ghost campuses; here is whyedit
Campus placements have been under 50% for the last five years, AICTE, the apex body for technical education in the country data suggested. Previous year, roughly eight lakh BE/BTech students graduated, but only about 40 per cent got jobs through campus placement.
EngineeringAI and Robotics considered future skills for employment by college graduatesedit
Excerpts from the section of Future Jobs: Future Skills from India Skills Report 2018 shows 46 percent of college graduates find Artificial intelligence as the next generation technology where technology leaders are drumming up the thought that the emergence of new technology such as AI and Robotics are going to be the new drivers of employment.
Skill DevelopmentTelangana govt to double Higher Education budgetedit
Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Education Kadiam Srihari announced that the State government was planning to double the budget for Higher Education from Rs 420 crore this year to Rs 800 crore in the next year’s budget.
Higher EducationDeemed Universities Engineering Students Can Save their Degree, Here’s How to Applyedit
As per the Supreme Court’s order, the engineering degrees of students enrolled with these 4 Universities during the academic years 2001-2005 shall remain suspended until they pass an examination that will be organised jointly by AICTE and UGC.
EngineeringHRD ministry sets up committee to suggest ways to regulate deemed universitiesedit
By Neelam Pandey
The panel will suggest a regulatory road map for deemed universities and is expected to submit its report to the government within four months.
EngineeringEducation, job quota a big problem; will address post 2019: PMEAC’s Surjit Bhallaedit
Describing the problem in the “messed up” public education sector, he said teachers are paid more than what they can command in the market and do not show up in schools as well.
EducationSupreme Court: All deemed-to-be universities should get AICTE nodedit
By Rashmi Belur
Deemed-to-be universities across the nation offering technical and engineering courses should henceforth get sanction from the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). All these years, such universities had been reporting to the University Grants Commission (UGC).
EngineeringRedefining Higher Education In Digital Eraedit
Today, the significance of the internet and subsequent digital innovations that touch each of us almost every day is undeniable. In this VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity) world of business, there is hardly any function that has remained isolated from a digital revolution that has disrupted almost all legacy processes. And if this is the case, one must question how our higher education institutions have reacted or acted to reflect this change in society.
Higher Education300 engineering colleges may shut down by Dec-end: What students must knowedit
Over 300 private engineering colleges may be asked not to undertake admission process for the academic session of 2018-2019. According to HRD sources, the institutes would be asked to close operations as engineering colleges. These institutions had less than 30 per cent enrolment for five consecutive years.
EngineeringIIT-M experimenting with dual education modeledit
The Indian Institute of Technology – Madras is experimenting with a new concept called ‘dual education model,’ where industry will partner with the academia in classroom learning.
EngineeringNew robot to help online students learn betteredit
Scientists have developed an innovative robot that can help online students more engaged and connected to the instructor and students in the classroom.
EducationOnline LearningIndia moving towards innovation through academia-industry partnershipsedit
Academia and industry are two important pillars of our economy. A robust collaboration between the two will augur well for our developing economy, enabling innovation, growth in the education system and producing an employment-ready workforce.
EducationUncategorized
Wind power generation to touch 9,500 MW in current fiscal: Ministeredit
A cumulative capacity addition of 467 MW of wind power generation capacity has taken place till November end during the current financial year, according to RK Singh, Minister of State.
Renewable EnergyWind picks up, Sun shines in India’s power sector in 2017edit
The country’s global ranking in terms of installed renewable energy capacity, too, has improved in the last couple of years. In solar energy, India’s ranking has jumped to 6th from 11th in 2015. Global ranking for wind energy too has seen an improvement from 5th spot to 4th, according to Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE).
Renewable EnergyRenewable energy sector adds 12 GW capacity in Jan-Novedit
The renewable energy sector in the country has added close to 12 GW of new capacity during the first 11-months of calendar year 2017. It is expected to end the year with the largest-ever annual capacity addition.
Renewable EnergyRenewables faced impediments in 2017, set for more energetic 2018edit
By Vikas Srivastava
The Renewable Energy push from the Narendra Modi government met with potent obstacles in 2017, as capacity additions failed to keep pace with the set targets. Introduction of the auction-based competitive bidding for projects impacted additions in wind capacity, while increase in solar panel prices posed a hurdle to financial closure of solar projects.
Renewable EnergyGovernment is on its way to achieving 175 GW target for installed Renewable Energy capacity by 2022edit
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has taken several steps to fructify Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s dream of a clean energy future for the ‘New India’. The largest renewable capacity expansion programme in the world is being taken up by India. The government is aiming to increase share of clean energy through massive thrust in renewables.
Renewable EnergyChallenges galore for India’s clean energy industryedit
By Utpal Bhaskar
Low tariffs, rising module costs, GST rollout were among the challenges that India’s clean energy industry faced in 2017
Renewable EnergyRenewable energy future hinges on policy executionedit
R Sree Ram
The government has shown its intent in ensuring the renewable energy sector continues to grow, but it needs to show more action in 2018 for investor confidence to recover
Renewable EnergySolar power industry welcomes govt move to set drone regulationsedit
The solar power industry, particularly firms involved in the operation & maintenance (O&M) of solar plants, have welcomed a statement by minister of state for civil aviation, Jayant Sinha, that the government will come out with regulations for operating drones within two months.
Solar Energy45 lakh families to get power supply in Madhya Pradesh under Saubhagyaedit
“Saubhagya was launched in Madhya Pradesh on December 22, 2017, by Power and New and Renewable Energy R K Singh and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan,” a REC statement said.
PowerRenewable EnergyWhy renewable energy evacuation demands a decisive pushedit
Installing the new renewable capacity has its due share of problems but integrating it with a nascent grid poses a much more formidable challenge.
Renewable EnergyIndia wears ‘green’ stripes with pride in 2017edit
Driven by a historic low solar and wind power tariff, India is about to take a leap of faith on the renewable energy front, lining up green project auctions to the tune of about Rs. 2.7 lakh crore in 2018. The government has drawn up a plan to auction 30 GW (gigawatt) of solar, 10 GW of wind and 5 GW of offshore wind projects next fiscal, pegged at Rs. 2.7 lakh crore with an average equipment cost of Rs. 6 crore per megawatt (MW).
Renewable EnergyGood tidings: Wind is now India’s cheapest source of clean energyedit
The crash in tariffs comes on the heels of a recent announcement by the Narendra Modi government that resurrected the Indian wind power market after nearly a year of stagnation. The power ministry announced a slew of guidelines for state electricity utilities that want to procure wind power from independent producers
Renewable EnergySustainable energy balance needed to meet rising global demand, say expertsedit
With global energy demand expected to grow 30 per cent by 2040 as per International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates, a sustainable energy balance needs to be achieved to meet this requirement while also ensuring reduction in hazardous emissions
Renewable EnergyWind Power Is Now The Cheapest Energy In Indiaedit
That was quoted by Actis-backed Spring Energy that bid for 197.5-megawatt capacity and KP Energy that won 30 MW. That’s lower than the lowest solar power tariffs of Rs 2.44 a unit discovered in May and 8 percent lower than wind power prices discovered in earlier national auctions in October, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
Renewable EnergyIndia to achieve target of 100 GW of solar power by 2022edit
The government is confident of achieving the target of 100 Giga Watt (GW) of solar power capacity by 2022, Power Minister R K Singh said today. As against the target of installing 100 GW of solar power capacity as on December 15, a capacity of 16,676 MW has been installed with another 6,500 MW capacity under installation, he said in the Lok Sabha during Question Hour.
Solar EnergyGreen power: Govt proposes Rs 23,450-crore roof top solar schemeedit
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has proposed SRISTI — Sustainable Rooftop Implementation for Solar Transfiguration of India — the scheme to incentivise the installation of roof top solar projects in India. An official statement said, “The concept, once approved, shall serve as the basis of revised scheme of MNRE for solar rooftop in Phase-II and will replace the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs note that has been submitted to cabinet since April this year.”
Solar EnergyHow India can ensure high quality power transmissionedit
The impact of electricity on development is deeply underrated. At one stroke, reliable electricity supply can lead to improved health, improved productivity and unlimited access to the world outside. The power transmission grid is a vital element of the electricity value chain that merits immediate attention in the context of India’s power sector vision.
PowerWind tariff competitiveness to remain a challenge: ICRAedit
According to the rating agency, while the government’s wind power bidding programme provides visibility to support capacity additions over the next four years, the renegotiation or cancellation of power purchase agreements (PPAs) by few states will be a major challenge.
Renewable EnergyU.S. plans to raise again in WTO solar power issue with Indiaedit
India has failed to comply with a World Trade Organisation (WTO) ruling on solar power, the United States will tell the WTO’s dispute settlement body (DSB) next month, triggering a fresh round of litigation, according to an agenda issued on Wednesday.
Solar EnergyGreening the grid with power-packed mergers and acquisitionsedit
The new and renewable vertical is all set to add new colour to the India growth story going forward. It can be a pure-play `make-in-India’ story in the making.
Renewable EnergyEU governments agree renewable energy targets for 2030edit
Ministers said they would aim to source at least 27 percent of the bloc’s energy from renewables by 2030, up from a target of 20 percent by 2020.
Renewable Energy
Solar Energy Corporation of India invites expression of interest for 20 GW solar PV unitedit
By Nishta Saluja
Taking a step ahead in domestic manufacturing of solar equipment, the government has floated a document to gauge the market’s interest in setting up 20 GW solar PV manufacturing facility in India in a span of three years.
Solar EnergyIEA report: Coal power generation in India likely to riseedit
India’s coal fired power generation will continue to rise due to the increasing fleet of coal power plants and robust power demand, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a report today.
PowerFloating solar cells developed, will produce clean hydrogen fuel: Studyedit
Scientists have developed floating solar cells that can harness the Sun’s energy to produce hydrogen fuel from water. Hydrogen is a clean fuel that is currently used to propel rockets in NASA’s space programme and is widely expected to play an important role in a sustainable energy future.
Solar EnergyPower sector to be stable over 1.5 years; shift to renewablesedit
Rating agencies Moody’s Investors Service and ICRABSE -1.65 % today said they have a stable outlook for the Indian power sector over the next 12-18 months and expects a change in its energy mix towards renewables.
Renewable EnergyRenewable Energy Ministry proposes to provide big push for solar manufacturingedit
By V Rishi Kumar
MNRE is proposing a slew of subsidies and incentives including direct financial support of more than rs 11,000 crore for manufacturers to expand and upgrade, a 12 GW Central Public Sector Undertaking (CPSU) domestic content requirement (DCR) programme to create robust domestic demand.
Renewable EnergyRenewable Energy mini grids can offer power solution: Reportedit
Generally, a mini grid is defined as a system that uses a renewable energy-based generator having a capacity of 10 kilowatt or more to supply electricity through a public distribution network. According to the report, mini-grids powered by DRE and operated by distributed energy service companies (DESCOs) — which provide an utility-like service on a for-profit basis — can offer a long-term, solution for the under-served.
Renewable EnergyNTPC set to invite tenders for 750 mw solar power plantedit
National Renewable Energy Development Corporation, AP District Manager Kodandaram Murthy stated that a solar circuit is being developed with 1,000 mw power generation in Anantapur and another 1,000 mw power generation in Kadapa and 500 mw power in Kurnool. The circuit will be the largest solar power producing circuit in AP. AP Solar Power Corporation (APSPC) is the sole agency for acquiring land for solar power projects in AP.
Solar EnergyIndia to auction 5GW offshore wind projects in 2018edit
Power and New & Renewable Energy Minister R K Singh today said the government plans to auction 5 gigawatt (GW) offshore wind power capacities next year.
Renewable EnergyEfficient energy availability backbone of economyedit
Availability of energy with efficiency is the backbone of India’s economic growth and development, President Ram Nath Kovind said today. He said that while India has succeeded in becoming a power surplus nation in the past three years, it cannot rest.
Renewable Energy
Govt plans to supply solar power to 40L farmers in 10 yrsedit
Maharashtra energy minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Thursday unveiled an ambitious plan to use solar energy not only for farmers but also schools. The BJP-Sena government has set a target to supply solar energy to about 40 lakh farmers for about 12 hours every day.
Solar EnergySolar power auction sees 98% fall in Novemberedit
The solar power auction in November saw a 98 per cent drop with only 5 MW auctioned against 270 MW in October, a report said on Wednesday.
Solar EnergyGST led to 12% rise in cost of solar projects, says AISIAedit
This will, in turn, result in increase in the cost of power, AISIA general secretary Gyanesh Chaudhary said in letters to Revenue Secretary and other senior government officials.
Solar EnergyClean energy initiative launched in a big wayedit
By G V Prasada Sarma
GVMC has initiated a number of smart city projects to bring about efficiency in services, conservation of energy and clean environment to citizens. Of them, solar power generation is an initiative on clean energy that falls in the pan-city category.
Renewable EnergyIn a first, solar power projects planned on damsedit
The Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited (MahaGenco) is planning to develop solar power projects on dams in its first such attempt in the state. These floating solar panels will do away with the need for the state-owned utility to acquire land to add capacity to its renewable energy portfolio and also reduce the evaporation of water from these reservoirs.
Solar EnergyGovernment issues guidelines for wind power procurementedit
By Mayank Aggarwal
The guidelines are applicable for procurement of wind power from grid-connected wind power projects of 5 MW and above at one site with minimum bid capacity of 25 MW for intra-state projects and individual size of 50 MW and above at one site with minimum bid capacity of 50 MW for inter-state projects.
Renewable EnergyGovt forms new policy for standardisation of renewable energy productsedit
By Mayank Aggarwal
Aiming to address the quality issues in India’s rapidly growing renewable energy sector, the Union ministry of new and renewable energy has come out with a new policy for “testing, standardization and certification” of products in the renewable energy sector. The policy also aims to develop standards for all renewable energy equipment in line with the international practices.
Renewable EnergyNew hydro power policy may ease repayment norms, ask states to buy 2.25% of demandedit
The government is now looking to bring in more changes in the proposed hydro power policy to weed out the hurdles in subsidising these projects and also make them more attractive for developers and investors
Renewable EnergyCan renewables make India energy-secure?edit
Recently, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has acknowledged India would be the fastest growing energy consumer – and market – till 2040. This applies not only to the hydrocarbon sector, but also to renewable energy (RE), as fast-declining costs turn solar and wind energy into the main drivers of growth in the power sector.
Renewable EnergyModi committed to moving India to lower carbon renewable energy future: World Bank Chiefedit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has set a very ambitious target for India to reduce its carbon intensity, is committed to moving the country to a lower carbon renewable energy future, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has said.
Renewable EnergyIndia’s ultra-mega solar project to be discussed at France Summit: WB chiefedit
India’s ultra-mega solar project will come up for discussion at the One Planet Summit in France this week, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has said. The ultra-mega solar power projects, also known as ultra mega solar parks, are a series of solar power projects planned by India to enhance its capacity from 20,000 MW to 40,000 MW.
Solar EnergyIndia faces painful move to cleaner energyedit
India needs $140 billion to reach Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious target of installing 100,000 megawatts of solar power by 2022, according to Arunabha Ghosh, chief executive of the Council on Energy, Environment and Water, a New Delhi think tank. So far it has just 15,000 MW, less than five percent of the country’s total generation capacity of 331,000 MW.
Renewable EnergyNeed to bring losses below 15% for 24X7 power: R.K. Singhedit
Power and new and renewable energy minister R.K. Singh urged his state counterparts to bring electricity distribution losses below 15% to ensure 24X7 power for all by 2019
PowerState Govt Sets Target Of Generating 10,700 Mw Of Solar Power By 2022edit
Uttar Pradesh government has set an ambitious target of generating 10,700 MW of solar power in next five years by the end of 2022. The solar energy sector is likely to attract fresh investment of Rs 50,000 cr during this period. UP government on Monday had announced new solar policy which has provided fresh incentives for the investors in solar energy sector.
Solar PowerIndia emerging as major driving force in global energy trends: IEA officialedit
Highlighting the key findings, Tim Gould, Head of Division, World Energy Outlook, IEA, said, “Our analysis in the World Energy Outlook confirms that India is emerging as a major driving force in global energy trends, with all modern fuels and technologies playing a part.”
Renewable EnergyPower ministers’ meet kicks off tomorrow, ‘Saubhagya’ in focusedit
Power ministers of States and Union Territories will focus on the Saubhagya scheme to provide electricity to 4 crore families by 2018, when they meet for a two-day conference starting here tomorrow.
PowerRenewable EnergyIndia emerging as major driving force in global energy trends: IEA officialedit
The World Energy Outlook Report, 2017, launched by the International Energy Agency (IEA), was relaunched here in association with Delhi-based think tank The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
Renewable EnergyInternational Solar Alliance seeks cheap energy via global bidsedit
The International Solar Alliance, championed by India and France, came into effect Wednesday, aiming to promote affordable sun-powered electricity to its members through global tenders and cheap financing.
Solar EnergySolar projects risk mitigation mechanism under ISA to be ready in a yearedit
By Sudheer Singh
With 19 countries having already ratified its framework agreement, the ISA is set to become a treaty-based global inter-governmental organization on Wednesday.
Solar EnergyMP provides must-run status to renewable energy but imposes extra chargesedit
By Shreya Jai
Providing relief to the renewable energy developers, Madhya Pradesh, the state regulator has exempted renewable sources from merit order despatch, thereby reinstating must-run status for power generated from renewable energy sources.
Renewable EnergyThe power of smalledit
By V Rishi Kumar
With nearly 300 million rural Indians, about a fourth of the country’s population, still lacking access to quality power, Decentralised Distributed Generation (DDG) could be the answer. This would entail setting up of small and independent power units without any grid links instead of the mega power projects that became the trend in the early 2000s.
PowerRenewable EnergyGovernment mulls longer fixed cost recovery period for hydro poweredit
The government is looking at extending fixed cost recovery period of hydro projects to 30- 35 years, from 12 years at present, to bring the tariff down to as low as Rs 2 per unit, Power Minister R K Singh has said.
Renewable EnergySolar grid diplomacyedit
What’s more, this is the first Indian initiative with an international footprint, which will be based in the country. Already the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has been charting new paths in solar energy capacity creation. In 2015, the government revised its solar energy target from 20 GW to 100 GW by the year 2022. Obviously, the Narendra Modi government has pressed the pedal to the floor when it comes to renewable, especially, solar energy.
Solar EnergyAP to set up solar-wind hybrid project with battery back-upedit
By V Rishi Kumar
Andhra Pradesh is planning to develop a 160 MW solar-wind hybrid project with battery back-up facility. Significantly, this is the first such project to be developed in the country.
Renewable EnergyRenewable energy can become India’s sustainability model for world: Swedenedit
India has the “intellectual capacity” and potential to be a model for the rest of the world in tackling environmental issues, especially through the use of renewable energy sources, Sweden’s envoy for climate change has said. Lars Ronnas, Swedish Ambassador for Climate Change, on his first visit to India, also asserted that there are “very strong interests” in his country for bilateral cooperation in this field.
Renewable EnergyIndia’s biggest floating solar power plant to be inaugurated in Keralaqedit
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala): Kerala Electricity Minister M M Mani will inaugurate the largest floating solar power plant in the country at the Banasura Sagar dam in Wayanad on Monday. “The floating solar power plant that floats on the surface of the water has a capacity of 500 kilowatts. This is the country’s largest floating solar plant,” an official release from Kerala State Electricity Board said.
Solar EnergyLow solar tariffs impacting sector’s health: Industryedit
India’s solar power generation capacity to go up by 5GW in 2016: report India’s solar power generation capacity to go up by 5GW in 2016: report India’s solar power generation capacity to go up by 5GW in 2016: report Chhattisgarh aims at Rs 10,000 cr investment in solar energy Rock-bottom solar power tariffs might spell good news for consumers and the environment alike, but for developers, it is now a matter of concern.
Solar EnergyAn uncertain energy futureedit
The Government Faces a renewable energy trilemma. It has set itself a target of quadrupling the generation capacity of solar energy by 2022 and shifting the production of new automotive vehicles from the internal combustion model to electric vehicles (EV) by 2030. In parallel, it wants the clean energy industry to develop within the framework of its “Make in India” agenda.
Renewable EnergyGST On Hydropower Should Be On Par With Wind, Solar: Assochamedit
The GST rates for hydropower should be brought at par with wind and solar, so that value added cost and tax are commensurate for all renewable power projects, industry chamber Assocham said on Thursday.
Renewable EnergyIndia’s 3-year solar, wind energy roadmap to surpass 2022 renewable energy targetedit
A few hiccups notwithstanding, India’s renewable energy sector seems poised for massive growth in the next four years. India is confident it will exceed its renewable energy target of 175 GW by 2022 as it plans to award 100 GW of solar and wind contracts by 2020 and surpass 200 GW by 2022 according to the power ministry.
Renewable Energy$3.1 trillion worth of climate investment opportunities expected in India by 2030edit
India’s ambitious plans to meet its climate targets under the Paris Agreement represent about USD 3.1 trillion worth of investment opportunities by 2030 in sectors including renewable energy, green buildings, transport infrastructure, electric vehicles, and climate-smart agriculture, says a new report by IFC.
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